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‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ Is Prequel Storytelling Done Right [Review]

May 22, 2024 by Joe Lipsett

A close-up of Furiosa (Anya Taylor-Joy)'s dirty face in front of a highway

Prequels run the risk of being redundant right out of the gate. The end is already known to audiences, so how fresh can the storytelling actually be?

In the case of George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road prequel Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, the surprising answer is: pretty damn fresh.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: Alyla Browne, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlee Fraser, Chris Hemsworth, furiosa, George Miller, Lachy Hulme, mad max, Nico Lathouris

‘The Fall Guy’ Is A Delightful Ode to Stuntmen [Review]

May 3, 2024 by Joe Lipsett

Colt Seavers (Ryan Gosling) in a white tank top and sunglasses, leaning against a wall

It’s no secret that The Fall Guy, the new film from director – and former stuntman – David Leitch (Bullet Train) is campaigning hard for the Oscars to introduce an award for stunt performers.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, David Leitch, Drew Pearce, Emily Blunt, Hannah Waddingham, ryan gosling, Stephanie Hsu, Teresa Palmer, Winston Duke

Tennis Is Sex in Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Challengers’ [Review]

April 25, 2024 by Joe Lipsett

Let’s get this out of the way immediately: Challengers is hot.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews, Movies Tagged With: Atticus Ross, josh o'connor, Justin Kuritzkes, Luca Guadagnino, mike faist, Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, Trent Reznor, zendaya

‘Civil War’ Explores The Dehumanizing Effects of Violence [Review]

April 11, 2024 by Joe Lipsett

Lee Smith (Kirsten Dunst) lit by headlights in orange light

Writer/director Alex Garland returns for his fourth feature, Civil War, which focuses on American journalists caught in the middle of a domestic war.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: Alex Garland, Cailee Spaeny, Civil War, Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst, Nick Offerman, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Wagner Moura

‘Monkey Man’ Delivers Visceral Action and Familiar Plot [Review]

April 6, 2024 by Joe Lipsett

A tank top wearing man wearing a monkey mask poses against boxing rings

Dev Patel comes out swinging with his directorial debut, Monkey Man (2024).

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Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: Ashwini Kalsekar, Blumhouse, Dev Patel, Makarand Deshpande, monkey man, Pitobash, Sharlto Copley, Sikandar Kher, Sobhita Dhulipala, Vipin Sharma

‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’ is Big, Dumb, Action Fun [Review]

March 28, 2024 by Joe Lipsett

Following in the footsteps of its 2021 predecessor Godzilla vs Kong, the latest MonsterVerse film finds director Adam Wingard returning to helm yet another story about titans battling each other.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews, Movies Tagged With: Adam Wingard, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, Fala Chen, Godzilla, Jeremy Slater, Kaylee Hottle, King Kong, Kong, Rachel House, Rebecca Hall, Simon Barrett, Terry Rossio

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The 411 on me

I am a freelance film and television journalist based in Toronto, Canada.

Words:
> Bloody Disgusting
> /Film
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> The Spool
> Anatomy of a Scream
> Grim Journal
> That Shelf

Podcasts:
> Horror Queers
> Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr

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